Rock Cycle

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Weathering

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Heat & pressure

• metamorphism

• volcanism

• magmarism

• lithification

Cooling & crystalization produce

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

Which type of rock is made from a rock being changed by heat and pressure?

• Smooshed Rock

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Tiny bits of weathered rock or once living plants or animals are called

• Sediment

• basalt

• mineral

• coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Lava which cools on Earth's surface forms an

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock

• foliated metamorphic rock

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.

• compaction

• deposition

• organic rock

• cementation

The three groups of rocks are classified by

• How they form

• Color

• Grain size

• Chemical Composition

Which type of rock is made from lava or magma cooling?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic